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Thanks! That did it. Now I can go back to building missions for Nevada.

I uninstalled and re-installed DCS World 2.0 Beta and its still jacked up. It still thinks I have a 3 monitor setup. DCS World runs fine. There must be some hidden or save configuration file somewhere.

I accidentally selected 3 monitors in setup, but only have 1 monitor and now when I start DCS I get a startup screen that cuts off most of the menus-including the options so I can't change it back to 1 monitor. How do I reset it back to 1 monitor when i can't access the options menu?

scarecrow101-thanks. I'll have to take you up on your offer. It may be a while before I go online as I still have a long ways to go. At least its not all Greek to me. When Falcon 3.0 came out I spent hours reading the manuals and hours more flying it as well as other sims like Janes F-15, so I have a little idea, but once again offline and online play are night and day.... Mr Bell Geode-I watched one of your youtube videos and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll have to take a look at the other ones. I also enjoyed Commander T's air racing videos. Do those also take place online?

Where is the cheapest place to get a TM HOTAS setup? I saw a thread where it was being sold for $300 for both, but that seems to have ended. I'd like to get the Monster Tech mounts to go along with it. How are the CH Products Pro Pedals USB Flight Simulator Pedals? I'm leaning towards that as rudder pedals. How are the CH Products USB Combatstick and CH Products Pro Throttle USB. I could save quite a bit of money if I went that route. It looks like I'll pick the F-15 as the plane I'll focus on first. I don't see any training missions, but have seen some good videos on youtube as well as the guide in another section. I downloaded the F-15 Training video as well as the Red Flag video and installed it, but I don't see it anywhere in DCS. I have A-10 which I bought when it first came out. I love the airplane, but for some reason I haven't taken a strong interest in flying it. Not sure exactly why. I don't own F-86 or Mig-15, but they look like fun. I played the F-86 in AW in some fun h2h dogfights. The Mirage also looks interesting as does the F-5, but I'll just focus on the F-15 for now. I haven't looked through al the threads, but IIRC the Mirage still needs some work? I have P-51 and the German stuff is also interesting, but in some of the threads it looks like the damage modeling may need work? It will be very interesting once Europe and the WW2 module comes out.

I'm now leaning towards the Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Joystick and the Thrustmaster TFRP Flight Rudder Pedal-although I'm not sure about the mechanics of how the TFRP works. I owned a Thrustmaster HOTAS and rudders when it first came out some 20 or so years ago and the rudders were strange. It didn't work the way I expected- I flew gliders a little when I was young and I expected the rudder pedals to work by just applying downward foot pressure on it. If the TFRP operates on the same principal as I remember, then I may look for something else. The CH Products Pro Pedals USB Flight Simulator Pedals look interesting, but they are cheap... I also had a Saitek when it first came out-once again this was 20 or so years ago. If IIRC it too eventually failed on me and I ended up tossing it into the trash. From what I'm reading it seems Saitek has some quality control issues and the X-55 Rhino H.O.T.A.S is awfully pricey. I kinda do like the WW2 stuff a little better, but I probably owned and played just about every flight sim out there from 1990 to 2000 and then faded out. Most of it was offline against the computer, I did enjoy Airwarrior alot-but it got pricey for me as I didn't have a lot of disposable income back then. They then came out with a version that really taxed my computer to the limit and it was no longer fun so I gave it up. The last helocopter sim I played extensively was Janes AH-64 Longbow. I do play a lot of h2h Combat Mission and from what I do know from that and the experience in AW from 20 years ago is playing against the computer AI and against a real human is night and day and I suspect that hasn't changed or is any different in DCS-you put the time offline learning how to crawl, then go online and get hosed by more experienced player and learn by the school of hard knocks. Regarding the mission editor-I know it a little, but not extensively. When I got the Nevada add on and tried to open it with my old system it was dog slow and took forever to load. The Black Sea map was better, but even then it could bog down my system which was a 6 year old liquid cooled system. Ether way things got slow when i tried to play at 1650x1050 which is the resolution I'm used to using for just about everything else. It was then I decided to spend some of the OT money I've been making and get a new system. I ended up getting another liquid cooled system-I7 6700K, 16G DDR4-2800 RAM, 2 Intel 540s SSD, GTX-970 and Corsair 750w power supply. I'm very happy with it. DCS runs well as does everything else I play. Now I have to get some decent controllers. Heck at this point I may as well upgrade my computer furniture to accomodate all this stuff-suggestions are welcomed. I currently have a table with a dual monitor stand with 2 24 inch LCDs.

Thanks for the good info. It gives me pause before just going out and buying the X52. I may just have to plan on spending more and getting quality or just get a T-Flight for the short term. My only online flight experience goes back 25 years ago when I played Genies Airwarrior for a little while. We're talking 9600/14440 baud modems. I had a 486/SX and was envious of those who had the 486/66 death machines and those who could afford the just introduced Pentiums. Warping was a big problem back then. Is it possible or even allowed to play something like a SAM or AAA gunner in online play if you have combined arms?

I have a few newbie questions: I currently have a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro and thinking of upgrading to something better now that I have a system that can run DCS well at 1650x1050 with everything cranked up to ultra. I'm looking at the Saitek X52 and Thrustmaster T-Flight. There is a significant price difference. Does the Saitek warrant the extra cost? The x56 looks nice , but that pretty pricey. Rudder pedals. Are they necessary? Do modern jets still have rudder pedals? I though some jets like the F-16 did away with them. I do see the Thrustmaster TFRP that are $89. I've seem even more expensive ones that are in the $400 to 500 range, but can't see spending that much. I have FCS, A-10 and P-51 as well as Combined Arms and the Nevada module. I don't have much experience and a whole lot of time. I can get off the ground and fly around, but not much else. Landing usually results in a damaged if not completely wrecked plane at the moment. I also have Rise of Flight installed. Online play-how is that and considering I have little experience is that any fun or will it be an exercise in frustration. Can you just be a spectator? Are there some links that can explain all of this in more detail?

Just got my new Win 10 system. Going from Win7. Is there anything I should be aware of before I begin the long process of re-installing everything on new system? Will I have to de-license anything and what if I can't dig up the SN's from modules I bought years ago?

I made the "Money Pit" statement in jest... Thinking back its sort of ironic. Been playing flight sims for 30 years and think I've owned just about about every flight sim ever made. Always wanted something like DCS and now that its arrived I don't play it as much as I would have when I was really into flight sims. Still I'm happy to support it. I still have IL2, Rise of Flight and Falcon 4, BoB loaded on my current system. Cliff of Dover intrigues me, heard about the issues when first released, but hear its better. I'll look around and see what other have in terms of controls and other fancy gadgets, that we used to dream about 20 or so years ago. The last last fancy control setup I has was the Thrustmaster setup with rudder pedals.

I don't play a whole lot-I simply don't have the time like I used to when I could spend hours reading a manual and hours more flying around learning how to fly. I basically like to just go to the mission editor once in a while, create something simple and watch. With my current 6+ year old system it was ok with the Black Sea area-I have a AMD Phenom IIx4 955, 8 gigs of RAM and a GTX 760 with 2 7200RPM Hard Drives. The new Nevada range however takes a long time to load and runs like a pig when you have a lot of stuff and the mission editor using it can also run like a pig. I will say the Nevada module does look nice. I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade. I ended up getting a system with an Intel I7 6700K CPU, 16 Gigs DDR4-2800, 2 Intel 540s SSD drives and Nvidia GTX-970 GPU. I'll be eating a lot of Top Ramen for a while, but hopefully my new rig, when I get it will be up to the task. I do play Flight Sim X too from time to time so I should also see a boost there too. It also seem like at some point getting another 16 gig or RAM might not be a bad idea. I currently run Windows 7 Pro. I was considering staying with it, but opted for Windows 10 Pro. I have Windows 8.1 running on my laptop. I was not impressed when I first used it and still not really crazy about it, but I've learned to live with it. Not sure what to expect with Windows 10.